When they do pull the plug, it's gonna be pretty near impossible to reach those folks to help them get reconnected. Meanwhile, who's gonna watch the late-nite invention/investment come-ons?
I am sure it has already been done. We all know how secure today's pc's are. It's certainly possible to frame a guy from 10,000 miles away if there's an incentive. A guy with something to hide isn't going to take a stupid chance like that of getting caught. Look for possible motives.
Umm, actually it did involve operating system components being changed/removed. The physical connector was present (on the client h/w) but it was not sufficient in and of itself. I rush ordered a cheap box that lacked all of the physical fittings and added them later. New drivers using ".net" are needed and are being developed/tested.
I had to order it pronto to help a customer who could not access our app using COM (9-pin connector in back). Also found out upon arrival, there was no place to plug in the printer and the MIDI gear. Ok to leave out the solitaire game but it doesn't seem like business sense to leave out so much connectivity in one upgrade.
Programs can communicate but the process should be supervised by the o/s. The very common "buffer overflow" security breach would be impossible when the o/s, in a separate and priveleged part of the machine brokers the exchanges and enforces strict definitions of requests, e.g. size, beginning address, ending address, appropriate authority, duration, initializations, etc. Most desktop systems run programs that have all of the same priveleges as the o/s. Put another way, these o/s's are simply very large user applications running bareback on the processor. It's no wonder that pc security is a joke.
I think there is some truth to this along with renaming, repackaging, reselling, and retraining (of past capability) to keep cash flowing into the future. Example: Lotus123 (and the shareware knockoff AsEasyAs) were faster, more accurate and capable of doing more sophisticated computations (e.g. multiple regression analysis) than Excel. The GUI revolution had much to do with it. Same with email. At 1200 baud in character mode, they flew by faster than I could read them. Now, with a popular provider's latest beta version with Flash, it can take as much as a minute per just to delete them unread! Coupled with simple but very useful programming languages back then, it was too empowering. Users would become totally independent of MIS and big vendors. And now there are so many non-productive distractions that rank and file employees need to be heavily monitored at their workstations. Another need to be filled! How this scenario ever got sold to upper management is quite a mystery to me.
Apparently there is a rule that prevents recycling to maximize store profits. Stores destroy/discard items that have slight defects. Municipal dumps won't let you take items that you can often reuse. They can charge you with "theft" if you save something from the landfill (and, in their opinion, do not purchase a replacement).
The cameras are great truth-documenters and we need lots more of them. The innocent little tech devices don't lie and show all for the world to see and judge. This is very bad for the bad guys and there is no turning back!
I have wondered about that too, but, like the fact that after 20 years the monitor doesn't shut off with the pc, there has to be some other reason or agenda involved. It's just too obvious to have been an oversight. As for the dc power supplies, why not go with a form-factor equivalent retrofit: http://www.powerstream.com/DC_PC.htm?
Chinese Rural Vehicles (CRV's) are a better deal. $500 buys a nice little truck and it can burn old cooking oil. We just need to change import laws here.
I can remember the hi-def, 3-d effect of simply looking out of a glass window, especially one in a moving vehicle. Kids just don't know what they're missing today!
That's really not a bad idea or hard to do. Every year I get new offers for non-existent business associates, perturbations of my name or registered business names. As long as you pay the bills, there is no fraud. If one of them gets compromised, well, you're not him/her/it and are not responsible for their debts.
I bought a guitar pitch pipe to keep in the car for this purpose. After a few weeks, I was able to think of the B just below middle C and hum it into the pitch pipe without any beat frequency diff!
They could save the same amount of money by eliminating one executive position at the top. Additionally, they would avoid the risks associated with placing critical data and software infrastructure so close to terrorist hotbeds. The enemy has tech-savvy help who know all about "back doors". The next big disruption could well be a logic bomb that will force all world commerce into "barter" mode. Just wait.
Actually the word language is inappropriate to describe computer codes. Any code can be modified and tested by someone familiar with how general-purpose Von Neumann computers operate. I would be much more concerned about the abilities of someone hired to translate English to/from another written language.
There is a lot of vb out there drawing on earlier BASIC code which resembles FORTRAN. It must be good for something if people are using it to solve business problems cost effectively. You might want to consider your boss' point of view and rationale. It would be a good opportunity to learn a new language on the job, and display your generic skills in making it absolutely fool-proof.
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When they do pull the plug, it's gonna be pretty near impossible to reach those folks to help them get reconnected. Meanwhile, who's gonna watch the late-nite invention/investment come-ons?
I am sure it has already been done. We all know how secure today's pc's are. It's certainly possible to frame a guy from 10,000 miles away if there's an incentive. A guy with something to hide isn't going to take a stupid chance like that of getting caught. Look for possible motives.
Umm, actually it did involve operating system components being changed/removed. The physical connector was present (on the client h/w) but it was not sufficient in and of itself. I rush ordered a cheap box that lacked all of the physical fittings and added them later. New drivers using ".net" are needed and are being developed/tested.
I had to order it pronto to help a customer who could not access our app using COM (9-pin connector in back). Also found out upon arrival, there was no place to plug in the printer and the MIDI gear. Ok to leave out the solitaire game but it doesn't seem like business sense to leave out so much connectivity in one upgrade.
Programs can communicate but the process should be supervised by the o/s. The very common "buffer overflow" security breach would be impossible when the o/s, in a separate and priveleged part of the machine brokers the exchanges and enforces strict definitions of requests, e.g. size, beginning address, ending address, appropriate authority, duration, initializations, etc. Most desktop systems run programs that have all of the same priveleges as the o/s. Put another way, these o/s's are simply very large user applications running bareback on the processor. It's no wonder that pc security is a joke.
I was disappointed. I thought something more comparable to NKC's "Unforgettable" would crash through this barrier first.
I think there is some truth to this along with renaming, repackaging, reselling, and retraining (of past capability) to keep cash flowing into the future. Example: Lotus123 (and the shareware knockoff AsEasyAs) were faster, more accurate and capable of doing more sophisticated computations (e.g. multiple regression analysis) than Excel. The GUI revolution had much to do with it. Same with email. At 1200 baud in character mode, they flew by faster than I could read them. Now, with a popular provider's latest beta version with Flash, it can take as much as a minute per just to delete them unread! Coupled with simple but very useful programming languages back then, it was too empowering. Users would become totally independent of MIS and big vendors. And now there are so many non-productive distractions that rank and file employees need to be heavily monitored at their workstations. Another need to be filled! How this scenario ever got sold to upper management is quite a mystery to me.
Apparently there is a rule that prevents recycling to maximize store profits. Stores destroy/discard items that have slight defects. Municipal dumps won't let you take items that you can often reuse. They can charge you with "theft" if you save something from the landfill (and, in their opinion, do not purchase a replacement).
The cameras are great truth-documenters and we need lots more of them. The innocent little tech devices don't lie and show all for the world to see and judge. This is very bad for the bad guys and there is no turning back!
Pretty soon it will be a reverse argument for "unification" where one blade does the job of two (ore more).
I have wondered about that too, but, like the fact that after 20 years the monitor doesn't shut off with the pc, there has to be some other reason or agenda involved. It's just too obvious to have been an oversight. As for the dc power supplies, why not go with a form-factor equivalent retrofit: http://www.powerstream.com/DC_PC.htm?
the human brain. Only those who can pass a one-time background check should be allowed to use any form of public transportation.
Chinese Rural Vehicles (CRV's) are a better deal. $500 buys a nice little truck and it can burn old cooking oil. We just need to change import laws here.
I can remember the hi-def, 3-d effect of simply looking out of a glass window, especially one in a moving vehicle. Kids just don't know what they're missing today!
That's really not a bad idea or hard to do. Every year I get new offers for non-existent business associates, perturbations of my name or registered business names. As long as you pay the bills, there is no fraud. If one of them gets compromised, well, you're not him/her/it and are not responsible for their debts.
You will find plenty of these in topheavy organizations where poor performance is rewarded at the top levels.
I bought a guitar pitch pipe to keep in the car for this purpose. After a few weeks, I was able to think of the B just below middle C and hum it into the pitch pipe without any beat frequency diff!
Wouldn't a prosthetic device be just as effective w/o the risk of infection and occasional need to be "metal free"?
They could save the same amount of money by eliminating one executive position at the top. Additionally, they would avoid the risks associated with placing critical data and software infrastructure so close to terrorist hotbeds. The enemy has tech-savvy help who know all about "back doors". The next big disruption could well be a logic bomb that will force all world commerce into "barter" mode. Just wait.
What do they need them for besides triggering IED's?
Along these lines, Thalidomide-caused birth defects s/b included.
Actually the word language is inappropriate to describe computer codes. Any code can be modified and tested by someone familiar with how general-purpose Von Neumann computers operate. I would be much more concerned about the abilities of someone hired to translate English to/from another written language.
There is a lot of vb out there drawing on earlier BASIC code which resembles FORTRAN. It must be good for something if people are using it to solve business problems cost effectively. You might want to consider your boss' point of view and rationale. It would be a good opportunity to learn a new language on the job, and display your generic skills in making it absolutely fool-proof.